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Download or read book The Modern Tramway written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Birmingham Public Libraries
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Total Pages : 1158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Birmingham Collection written by Birmingham Public Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. D. Rocca
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1035802376
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Memories of the Way We Were written by D. D. Rocca and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I stood in front of the headstone which read ‘Rita Rocca Nee Tomlin (15/6/1942 - 21/10/2020)’ and thought, ‘Is this all there is? Her name on a headstone with mine to follow.’ I remembered a warm May Day in 1948, when we both kneeled at the same altar waiting for a priest to give us our first taste of Jesus. She, in her white dress, was wondering if the day would yield enough for a new doll and pram, while I wondered if mine would yield enough for roller skates and maybe a new football. I recalled the honeymoon in Jersey in 1963, Miss World at the Royal Albert Hall in 1980, and the ball that followed at the Savoy Hotel. I said, “Sorry girl, I can’t give you a Taj Mahal, but I will write a book, which will hopefully make us more than just names on a tombstone.”
Author : Louis Decimus Rubin (Jr.)
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570033827
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (338 download)
Download or read book A Memory of Trains written by Louis Decimus Rubin (Jr.) and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a literary critic and historian, uses over 100 of his own photographs to recall his life-long love of trains.
Author : John Hannavy
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399096044
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Gas Tramcar written by John Hannavy and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gas Tram was a short-lived phenomenon which briefly seemed to herald a new way forward in tramcar design, replacing horses and steam locomotives on the streets with quieter and smoother travel. One of the major advantages of the gas tram, according to those who proposed it, was the low capital cost of the conversion, and all without the need to install the expensive overhead catenary required for electric traction. Designs for gas tramcars were patented all over the world, and systems were briefly operated in Germany, Australia, Holland, Switzerland and the UK, and proposed in France, New Zealand and the USA. The fuel was invariably domestic 'town gas' drawn from the local gasworks, and the vehicles were said to be very cheap to run. This was a development which was probably a century ahead of its time – with twenty-first century gas systems, using much greener biomethane as a fuel, currently being developed in the UK, Korea, China and elsewhere, and biomethane-fuelled trams already in service in Dubai and Aruba. Derived from the natural decomposition of organic waste which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere, biomethane is a clean and green alternative to fossil fuels. Other vehicles, using hydrogen fuel cells to generate electricity, are being developed in several countries. This book – the first ever comprehensive history of these vehicles – uses many previously unpublished photographs, drawings and patents.
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Total Pages : 552 pages
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Download or read book A Bibliography of British Railway History written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter J Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399058908
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Rails South West From Birmingham in the Late 20th Century, 1972-2000 written by Peter J Green and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-12-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towards the end of the twentieth century, take a photographic journey along the railway lines to the southwest and south of Birmingham. Starting at Birmingham's main stations, New Street and Snow Hill in the centre of the city, you can travel from the West Midlands through the urban, industrial, and rural landscapes of the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, visiting the branch lines and the various heritage railways and railway centres along the way. As well as the diesel locomotives and railcars that are illustrated in most of the photographs, various steam-hauled special trains are also included. While the railway has gradually improved as a means of transport, for the author it has become increasingly less interesting as it has been modernised. Fortunately, the spectacle of 'Peaks', Class 50s and many other locomotives going about their daily business has been well recorded, and many scenes are captured in these pages. Much railway infrastructure still remained at this time and many older railway stations and mechanical signal boxes, with their associated semaphore signalling, are also featured, adding to the interest of many of the photographs.
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Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Bookseller written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Author : John Doran
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Memories of our great towns, with anecdotic gleanings concerning their worthies and oddities, 1860-1877 written by John Doran and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Platt
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 148178644X
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)
Download or read book Steam Trains and Jigsaw Puzzles written by David Platt and published by Author House. This book was released on 2007-07-18 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steam Trains and Jigsaw Puzzles strikes most people as an intriguing title. The origin is simple,however my trainspotting youth has been synchronized with a later interest in jigsaw puzzles. The result is expensive I have a collection of over 250 jigsaws depicting British steam railways. The conclusion is impossible there are over 500 steam railway jigsaw puzzles to collect and they are being supplemented annually. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway marked the arrival of the true passenger railway service in 1830 and presented jigsaw manufacturers with another subject on which to focus. Prior to this date the jigsaw experience, started by John Spilsbury in c1760, was restricted to subjects such as religion, geography, history, monarchs, the alphabet and art. Many characteristics combine to form the basis of nostalgic images buried indelibly in the minds of people who travelled in the steam railway age. Manufacturers have not been slow to tap into this nostalgia and produce jigsaws aimed at stirring those memories and inviting people to reflect on past experiences, good, bad or indifferent. Chad Valley, Victory, Good Companion,Falcon, Waddingtons and Arrow are just a few manufacturers who produced steam railway jigsaws in the past. Most of these companies are now a distant memory while others are in foreign ownership. Equally famous names such as Wentworth, Ravensburger (Germany), House of Puzzles, Gibsons, JR Puzzles and King Puzzles (Holland) continue the manufacturing tradition. Output is generally superb thanks to the efforts of fine railway artists such as Terence Cuneo, George Heiron, T. E. North, Don Breckon, John Austin, Barry Freeman and Malcolm Root. The book is aimed at anyone with an interest in jigsaw puzzles and at those enthusiasts and aficionados who refuse to allow those evocative memories of the Golden Age of Steam to die.
Author : John Greenwood
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Industrial Archaeology and Industrial History of the English Midlands written by John Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Mason
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445668378
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Great Railway Journeys: The Chiltern Line to Birmingham written by Roger Mason and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating journey along the Chiltern line. It is a must-read for anyone who would like to know more about this wonderful line.
Author : Andrew Martin
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782834893
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Steam Trains Today written by Andrew Martin and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A delightful book ... the perfect companion as you wait for the 8.10 from Hove' Observer After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction. But some people were not prepared to let the romance of train travel die. Thanks to their efforts, many lines passed into community ownership and are now booming with new armies of dedicated volunteers. Andrew Martin meets these volunteer enthusiasts, finding out just what it is about preserved railways that makes people so devoted. From the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine to John Betjeman's battle against encroaching modernity, Steam Trains Today will take you on a heart-warming journey across Britain from Aviemore to Epping.
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Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Tramway Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas Model
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 1803991321
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Memories of a Wartime Childhood in London written by Douglas Model and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vivid memoir, Douglas Model tells the incredible true story of his wartime childhood in Wembley amidst the horrors of the Blitz. Contrasting his peaceful infant life – which included a hiking holiday to Nazi Germany in 1934 – with the terrors of war, Douglas remembers his schooling, friendships and childhood mischief alongside the everyday realities of bombing raids, gas masks and rationing. Memories of a Wartime Childhood in London provides an invaluable account of significant wartime events through the eyes of a child, including the fall of France, the Dunkirk evacuation, the horrifying discoveries of Nazi concentration camps and, at long last, the sweetness of Allied victory.
Author : Marvin Clemons
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ISBN 13 : 9780692537350
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Great Temple of Travel written by Marvin Clemons and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Birmingham (AL) Terminal Station, from 1909 to 1969
Author : Eric Armstrong
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445657643
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Central Birmingham History Tour written by Eric Armstrong and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guided tour of Central Birmingham, showing how the city has been transformed over the last century.
